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fiddlest
fiddlest

Reputation: 1302

separate(organize) express route

I separated routes for rest api like this. Is there better way to organize router ? or the way I am doing is fine?

app.js

app.use('/api/auth',auth);

app/controllers/auth/index.js

var express = require('express'),
router = express.Router(),
register = require('./register');
router.get('/',function(req,res,next){
    console.log("api/auth");
    res.send('api/auth');
    next();
});
router.use('/register',register);
module.exports = router;

app/controllers/auth/register.js

var express = require('express'),
    router = express.Router(),
    rootPath = require('app-root-path'),
    User = require(rootPath+'/app/models/user');

router.post('/',function(req,res,next){
    console.log("api/auth/register");
    next();
 });
module.exports = router;

Upvotes: 0

Views: 76

Answers (2)

riser101
riser101

Reputation: 650

Building on swaraj'a answer, you should divide your project files into two folders lib and config. Please note that I'm giving you a generic structure this should be customised according to your project.

  • Config

    It should contain all the configuration files for your project.

  • lib

    It should basically have files like controller.js, routes.js, db-ops.js

controller.js contains and exports all functions required for your program logic.

routes.js contains and exports all the routes

db-ops.js intializes db connections and contains functions that define operations on database.

All these files should be required into your app.js which will reside in your projects root directory.

A typical project structure should look something like this:

lib

   -routes.js

   -controller.js

   -db-ops.js

config  

-config.json

app.js

Upvotes: 1

Swaraj Giri
Swaraj Giri

Reputation: 4037

You could create a routes.js which has all the separate routes. Something like,

module.exports = function (app) {
    app.use('/api/route1', require('path/to/route1'));
    app.use('/api/route2', require('path/to/route2'));
};

Mount this routes in your main app.js. require('path/to/routes')(app);

Shameless plug of an example, https://github.com/swarajgiri/express-bootstrap/blob/master/web/routes.js

Upvotes: 0

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